3 persons die in landslide as flood situation remains grim in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR Three people were killed and several others went missing in a landslide in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, while the flood situation remained grim in Ganjam and Gajapati districts. The State government air-dropped relief materials in areas that remained cut off by floodwaters on Friday (October 30, 2026). Post-Arnab cyclone, heavy rain wreaks havoc in Odisha’s Ganjam, Gajapati districts storyline 1 Odisha steps up rescue-and-relief operations; four helicopters airdrop food packets in flood-hit Ganjam Odisha steps up rescue-and-relief operations; four helicopters airdrop food packets in flood-hit Ganjam “Helicopters of the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard are engaged in the operation, where several areas remain cut off due to flooding,” officials said Odisha steps up rescue-and-relief operations; four helicopters airdrop food packets in flood-hit Ganjam storyline 1 The landslide happened in Dangeshi village under Raikia block of Kandhamal district that left a couple and their nine-month-old dead.